{"id":183452,"date":"2026-01-31T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:05:10","slug":"or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist\/","title":{"rendered":"Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-optimist-interview-sundance\/\">Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-optimist-interview-sundance\/\">https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-optimist-interview-sundance\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-31 20:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"deadline.com\">deadline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are 6 key points from the article on &#8220;The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title and Filmmaker\u2019s Perspective<\/strong>: The title of the documentary suggests an optimistic yet cautious view of AI, termed &#8220;apocaloptimism.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Director&#8217;s Explanation<\/strong>: Director Daniel Roher describes an &#8220;apocaloptimist&#8221; as someone who seeks a balanced view, recognizing both the potential good and dangers of AI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI&#8217;s Societal Impact<\/strong>: The filmmakers argue that how we steer AI development is critical given the scale and speed at which it\u2019s advancing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steering Technology<\/strong>: Producer Jonathan Wang emphasizes the importance of being at the helm of AI development, citing social media as a cautionary tale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concerns Over Rapid Growth<\/strong>: Tristan Harris voices concern over the fast pace and shortcuts taken in AI development, warning of potential dire consequences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Generations&#8217; Role<\/strong>: Charlie Tyrell stresses the importance of engaging with AI now to ensure future generations maintain agency over its direction and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist&#8217; https:\/\/deadline.com\/video\/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-optimist-interview-sundance\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-31 20:58:00 Source Domain: deadline.com Here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sundance_D4_TheAIDoc_06783.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183454,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183452\/revisions\/183454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}